This seems pretty cut-and-dried:
I thought perhaps this was just poor wording. Maybe they actually refuse to perform hysterectomies on minors under the age of 18, but failed to make that clear on this page. So I decided to call and find out. What Children's National told me shocked me to my core. In the above audio recording, Children's National confirmed that they do, in fact, perform gender-affirming hysterectomies on 16-year-olds and "much younger" children.
As usual, Chaya Raichik is a powerhouse of basic citizen journalism, doing the work that professional journalists utterly refuse to do.
And boy does she spit truth:
"Gender-affirming hysterectomy" is a fancy euphemism for the carving out of girl's reproductive system because she's confused about her identity. It is a permanent, irreversible procedure that makes it impossible for her to bear children later in life. These barbaric procedures on minors need to be criminalized. Instead, they're being promoted and widely encouraged — at least until you draw attention to that fact. Then, the gaslighting begins and they assure you that no such thing is happening.
"They assure you that no such thing is happening." And yet...
UPDATE:
The hospital provided this statement after the news broke refuting the claim made by its staff worker:
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